McConnell: Dems 2016 lineup 'rerun of the Golden Girls' [UPDATED]

3/15/13 9:55 AM EDT

“Finally, don’t tell me that Democrats are the party of the future when their presidential ticket for 2016 is shaping up to look like a rerun of the ‘Golden Girls,’” McConnell said in his morning address to CPAC, drawing laughter and applause.

A spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee later bashed McConnell as “part of the problem in Washington.”

“Even many conservative Republicans acknowledge that Mitch McConnell is a huge part of the problem in Washington,” DSCC spokesman Matt Canter said in an email the DSCC sent to POLITICO. “Republicans, Democrats, and Independents agree that Mitch McConnell cares more about playing politics than any principles - conservative or otherwise.”